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package gov.va.isaac.util.json;

/**
 * {@link InterfaceAdapter}
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com">Dan Armbrust</a>
 * 
 * Mostly copied from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4795349/how-to-serialize-a-class-with-an-interface/9550086#9550086
 * 
 */
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;

public final class InterfaceAdapter<T> implements JsonSerializer<T>, JsonDeserializer<T> {
    public JsonElement serialize(T object, Type interfaceType, JsonSerializationContext context) {
        final JsonObject wrapper = new JsonObject();
        wrapper.addProperty("type", object.getClass().getName());
        wrapper.add("data", context.serialize(object));
        return wrapper;
    }

    public T deserialize(JsonElement elem, Type interfaceType, JsonDeserializationContext context)
            throws JsonParseException {
        final JsonObject wrapper = (JsonObject) elem;
        final JsonElement typeName = get(wrapper, "type");
        final JsonElement data = get(wrapper, "data");
        final Type actualType = typeForName(typeName);
        return context.deserialize(data, actualType);
    }

    private Type typeForName(final JsonElement typeElem) {
        try {
            return Class.forName(typeElem.getAsString());
        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
            throw new JsonParseException(e);
        }
    }

    private JsonElement get(final JsonObject wrapper, String memberName) {
        final JsonElement elem = wrapper.get(memberName);
        if (elem == null)
            throw new JsonParseException(
                    "no '" + memberName + "' member found in what was expected to be an interface wrapper");
        return elem;
    }
}